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If the whole were recovered, it might serve to throw confiderable light upon the Scottish and Irish antiquities.
Fragments of Ancient Poetry James MacPherson 1766
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The current is not very confiderable in this place, where it ebbs north -
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It was vaftly more confiderable in 1603, but at that epoch twenty thoufand periflied*.
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On the 2oth, they faw land; and as they drew nearer, found it to be an ifland of confiderable extent.
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In the fouth eaft is a fmall river which brought down at this time a pretty confiderable volume of frefli water; this alfo is of greater value, as in the hot feafon of the year, that which then reigned, all the neighbouring parts of the con - tinent and the iflands are nearly deftitute of this article.
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Unfortunately this opinion fo little prevailed in other countries, that Francia I. of France, took confiderable umbrage at Dante having termed one of hta anceiiors beccajo; what with jullice on one fide of the Alps was confidercd mcntorious as well as a denomination neceifarily implying territorial poflcfiioDSy on the other being foolifhly regarded as degrading and offcnfive.
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In this branch of their duty your Sub-Committee experienced confiderable difficulties, owing to the very loofe and carelefs manner in which the minates of the Committee for General Purpofcs were kept by the late fecrctary, Mr. John Hemming.
Rules and regulations adopted by the committee for general purposes of the Stock-Exchange; 1812
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They here faw an immenfe edifice, which they found to be the Morai of Oamo and Oberea, which was by far the moft confiderable piece of architefhire to be found in the ifland.
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Early on the 21ft, we continued our furvey of Oyfter Bay: towards the extremity it is fo fhallow that we were every inftant in danger of grounding, though oftentimes at confiderable diflance from fhore.
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At Batavia, if an officer take one of thefe amoks* or mohawks as they have heen called by an eafy corruption, alive hii reward is very confiderable, but if he kill them nothing is added to his ufual pay; yet fuch is the fury ot their dcfperation, that three out of four are of necefiity deflroyed in tne attempt to fecure them.
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